Cannot select text of TextBox control with mouse

Question

I want to embed a Form within another Form. Here is what I have tried:

private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    Form2 form = new Form2();  
    form.TopLevel = false;  
    panel1.Controls.Add(form);  
    form.Dock = DockStyle.Fill;  
    form.Show();  
}

Form1 is the parent form. Form2 is the child form, which has a TextBox control.

The problem: After embedding the child form, the TextBox in the child form cannot be selected with the mouse.

Can anyone help?

Why you call panel1.Controls.Add(form) ? Does panel1 have any special properties set ? — Bogdan M., Dec 07 '11 at 07:30

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:58

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I Googled the problem. From my research I concluded that it's not a good idea to embed a Form within a Panel. I took another approach and have now made the child Form as an MDI child.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:58

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answered Dec 15 '11 at 06:48

bucherren

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Apparently another option is to set `FormBorderStyle = None` on `Form2`... which probably defeats the purpose since the behavior will be all wrong. http://stackoverflow.com/a/3075762/945456 – Jeff B Jul 23 '13 at 16:26

score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 07 '11 at 02:26

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You need to setup the parent of the Form before calling .Show()

form.Parent = this;

answered Dec 07 '11 at 02:26

Phil Wright

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Thank for your reply. This way didn't fix the problem. – bucherren Dec 07 '11 at 02:43
We have the same problem as well and were already doing this. – Jeff B Jul 23 '13 at 14:01

Cannot select text of TextBox control with mouse

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